Viva La Revolution!!!

It is said that if you do what you have always done you will always get what you have always had.

This can be taken 2 ways. If you are a failure in life and you keep on doing what you have always done then you will get what you have always got, namely failure.

If you are a success in life and you carry on doing what you have always done the ‘saying’ would suggest that if you keep on doing it you will continue to be successful.

I do not believe as we approach the second decade of the new millennium that this is true.

Change is happening so quickly in every part of business. I used to work in the engineering industry and in the 80’s would visit companies in heavy manufacturing that no longer exist, but at the time were the pillars of our society and had been for almost 100 years before.

It started with the MP’s expenses. We are now seeing the big banks about to reduce bonuses across all companies and the newspaper reading public is falling and so are there profits as ad revenues filter to more immediate forms of communication.

These industries had seen success doing things a certain way for generations and as a means of survival are going to have to change. They have a huge challenge on their hands but I have no doubt the best will come out stronger and be able to continue to serve us for years to come.

We live in uncomfortable times and whilst we change there will be painful transitions which will impact on us culturally as well as personally.

In the last 6 months I have many conversations with clients who are going through times of change and their leadership skills are being tested to the max.

I have a tool about to go live on my website www.erbcoachingsolutions.co.uk, a leadership wheel to gain insight into your leadership ‘act’. It will be free to download and comes with instructions. If you would like to get a copy before everyone else Please e mail or tweet me.

Why would you want to give training to people who are about to retire.

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Why would you want to give training to people who are about to retire.

Let’s face it the retired workforce is expensive and they aren’t going anywhere. So what’s the point in training them? A bit like taking a horse with an appointment at the abattoir to the beauty parlour!!

As an employer who is ‘up against it financially’ this may be a reaction to pre-retirement training. To a certain extent this is true. The pre retirement workforce is older, a lot of money has already been spent on them and to be honest ‘they probably aren’t going anywhere’ as their pension rights could be threatened.

7 reasons why pre – retired staff are an asset to be treasured.

1) The retiree has a lot to offer. What if they were now included in the training of the newer recruits. In days gone by an apprentice was taken on and taught by the older, more experienced mentor who passed on tips and ideas to make the transition much smoother.

2) The retiree is probably not going to be looking for another job. This may be the only sector of your workforce who you can reliably say this about (especially as the green shoots of recovery become vigorous) as a consistent force in your team how can you use them to see through short to mid term plans and systems which will help the company’s long term future.

3) Having a vast age range of people in your company shows a maturity, publicise the fact to your local community when you are recruiting, it shows you are a caring employer and this may be the difference between good and bad future recruits.

4) Allows you to understand better the largest demographic in the world today. Having a more diverse workforce allows you to understand, engage and communicate with different communities. Use this group for market research and to test products, to give you a new perspective on the largest growing demographic in the world today.

5) Shows the entire workforce that you care. By offering them training for a time after they leave your employment shows you as a caring employer, how will this message effect the entire workforce? Those wishing to leave may think twice when they see how loyal you are to even the oldest people on the team.

6) Pre-retirement training pays back the employer and the employee.

 How many employers give training to ‘bright young things’ invest time and effort and money in them only to find that they leave shortly after to a ‘better job’ now they have the skills! Spending money on those who are pre-retiring gives you much better assurances that the money paid out will remain in the organisation and deliver back a more dynamic pre-retired workforce.

7) Inspire your older workforce and reap the benefits now. No one wants an uninspired person on their books and the fact that they are being given training in later life which will help them with their own later life will make them far more motivated to make the last few years count.

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Pre-Retirement seminars South West aims to provide the highest quality seminars for the pre retired professional. The seminars are aimed to give information and advice from Legal, Financial and lifestyle professionals who offer direction for the delegates making decisions and preparations for their retirement.

We suggest that the pre-retirement training is undertaken around 4 or 5 years prior to retirement. Many of our previous delegates have even suggested that it would have been beneficial to have the training 10 years earlier as this gives them time to plan most effectively for a long and happy retirement.

Here is what a selection of delegates had to say about the last programme run at the Met office In April 2010

• “I wish I had attended 5 years ago! A must for all 50+ year olds wanting to plan a happy retirement” DK Devon
• “A really thought provoking and worthwhile course-it’s given us much to think about” Mr and Mrs D Bucks.
• Many thanks for leading the pre-retirement seminar yesterday. Personally, I got a lot from it and I’m sure my colleagues did too. Dr JRE Exeter

 

Next Open Course: September, at Sandy Park Conference centre, Exeter

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